Secondary Radiator
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Racer
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Secondary Radiator
Has anyone mounted a second radiator on a c6? Possibly passenger side using the heater core plumbing and removing the fog light?
The driver side i'd remove that fog light as well and move my oil cooler there.
This is a ECS setup, so i have that big intercooler up front and all the other mods to make that as effective as possible, but i'm still seeing hot temps with light road course work.
The driver side i'd remove that fog light as well and move my oil cooler there.
This is a ECS setup, so i have that big intercooler up front and all the other mods to make that as effective as possible, but i'm still seeing hot temps with light road course work.
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Melting Slicks
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The fans only help when in traffic on summer days and below 40mph. Putting radiators behind the fog lights won't help much, the fog lights are actually a low pressure area. This subject is covered well in the road racing section.
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Road racing is a far cry from a street car, even one pushing a lot more hp then stock. Many of us have additional coolers in the fog light opening( street & some track) and it certainly helps lower temps substantially.
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Are there any legit options short of going N/A or pulling the intercooler all together and going with a shitload of meth?
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!!!!!!! YES!
Can you please point me to threads on this!
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I'm going to add a secondary radiator in the rear of the car. I don't run an exhaust so I have all the space where the mufflers used to be.
You can add a small radiator in the bumper/foglight area. It will help but I can't say if it will cure your problems. You will have to make something that can funnel the air into the area.
You can add a small radiator in the bumper/foglight area. It will help but I can't say if it will cure your problems. You will have to make something that can funnel the air into the area.
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Check out this section and FI section and do a search on coolers lots will come up. Many say do a very good aftermarket rad like Dewitt’s and add oil coolers in one or both fog lights, or one through the rad and one behind fog. My car is S/C’d and had trouble overheating oil, coolant and transmission. I did the Dewitt’s with EOC and Trans cooler then added a B&M cooler for the trans also and temps are much better even when getting on it hard in 90* temps. Heavy duty track runs in hot weather I can’t speak about.
just read ahead to your later post and you already got a good understanding and have implemented them.
just read ahead to your later post and you already got a good understanding and have implemented them.
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Can goto a smaller intercooler, intercooler behind the fog light, or air to water. Everyone wants these huge intercoolers, but then can't keep the car cool. When I did a custom intercooler I choose one that still gave me tons of cool air flow to the radiator.
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Is your IC front mounted?
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Yes it is front mounted. I never had issues with the stock ECS one. Worked great. Upgraded to one 250% bigger, and still don't have issues after I added an oil cooler.
A lot of people do stuff like the PC Race one, that completely blocks the radiator.
A lot of people do stuff like the PC Race one, that completely blocks the radiator.
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I dont' recall what my old novi1500-sl was doing for temps, but I do recall how many times I destroy the bearings. I think keeping this YSI well under-spun, yet making decent power was a wise choice for IAT's and just over all reliability (except for that ******* $50 seal behind the impeller)
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secondary radiator
I have a Ron Davis radiator, engine oil cooler behind driver side fog light and trans oil cooler behind passenger side fog light. That is what it took to make my C6 auto run at cool enough temps to do track days here in Southern California.
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Check out Post #151 for this guys Dual Oil cooler setup.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...d-7-7-a-8.html
Gspeed setup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stMR...r2heLW_Bp4DEIA
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...d-7-7-a-8.html
Gspeed setup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stMR...r2heLW_Bp4DEIA
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